希獵

希獵

1. (misspelling or Cantonese, now uncommon in writing) Greece
   • 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S.W. Williams, page 410:

     希獵國者王號阿土 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     希猎国者王号阿土 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     hei¹ lip⁶ gwok³ ze² wong⁴ hou⁶ aa³ tou² [Jyutping]

     Greece, of which Otto is king.

   • 1899, “General Terms”, in Kwok Lo Kwai, editor, 通商須知 [Useful Manual for the Use of Traders in China], Hongkong: Man Yu Tong, page 94:

     希獵教堂／希猎教堂 [Cantonese]  ―  hei¹ lip⁶ gaau³ tong⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  Greek church

   • 2010, 李谷城, 日本——東方太陽島的神話, 2nd edition, 香港城市大學出版社, →ISBN, page 65:

     這個人造島的名字叫「波西多」，是希獵神話中海神的名字。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     这个人造岛的名字叫「波西多」，是希猎神话中海神的名字。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ze³ go³ jan⁴ zou⁶ dou² dik¹ ming⁴ zi⁶ giu³ “bo¹ sai¹ do¹”, si⁶ hei¹ lip⁶ san⁴ waa^6-2 zung¹ hoi² san⁴ dik¹ ming⁴ zi⁶. [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 希臘／希腊 (Xīlà)